Nisus
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Nisus is a noun meaning A mental or physical effort to attain a specific goal; a striving.
Meaning
A mental or physical effort to attain a specific goal; a striving.
More Meanings
- The periodic procreative desire manifested in the spring by birds, etc.
- The contraction of the diaphragm and abdominal muscles to evacuate faeces or urine.
Example Sentences
The immanent nisus to completion, therefore, drives the complex to the explication of its internal relations so that they become recognizable as such.
The godly personality of a higher order, as the telos of the nisus of moral categoriality, is the sensus plenior of the nisus to a universal communalization of perspectives.
Word Forms
- nisuses
Synonyms for nisus
Depending on context, synonyms include strain, striving, pains.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include striving, pains, strain, exertion, effort, impulse.
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